Matthew 23:1–12

¹Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, ²saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves down in Moses’ seat: ³all things therefore, whatever they may tell you, do and keep. But do not after their works, for they say and do not, ⁴but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger. ⁵And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments, ⁶and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues, ⁷and salutations in the market-places, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. ⁸But ye, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all ye are brethren. ⁹And call not any one your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens. ¹⁰Neither be called instructors, for one is your instructor, the Christ. ¹¹But the greatest of you shall be your servant. ¹²And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.